Tri-City Storm Defeat Omaha Lancers 6-2 in Hockey Fights Cancer Weekend

Six Tri-City players finished with multiple points as the Storm defeated the Omaha Lancers 6-2 on Saturday night to close out Hockey Fights Cancer Weekend at Vee Arena, KHGI reported.

The win brings Tri-City to an 11-5-0 record with 22 points, marking their fourth victory in five meetings against Omaha this season. Meanwhile, the Lancers slipped to 7-8-1 overall and 5-7-1 against Western Conference opponents.

The Storm opened the contest with an aggressive offensive push, netting three goals against Omaha goaltender Anthony Sciere within the first four and a half minutes of regulation. Aleksandr Sokolov broke the scoreless tie at the 1:29 mark of the opening period by skating down the left wing and ripping a snapshot over Sciere’s glove side.

Less than two minutes later, Dylan Krayer doubled the lead by sending a tough-angled shot from the right corner that slipped past the goaltender. Tri-City seized a 3-0 advantage at the 4:14 mark when CJ Watson fired a long-range shot from the left point to the top shelf for his first career USHL tally.

Sciere exited the game following Watson’s goal, having stopped three of six shots in 4:14 of action, and was replaced by Nils Maurins. Tri-City extended their lead to 4-0 less than five minutes into the second period when Trevor Hill buried a rebound in the slot following a shot from Sokolov.

Omaha answered before the intermission when Artem Prima fed Adam Israilov behind the net for a snapshot past Storm goaltender Quinn Beumer with under a minute left in the frame. Israilov’s strike marked his fifth goal of the campaign.

The Storm restored their four-goal cushion just 53 seconds into the third period. Dylan Krayer slid a pass across the left circle to his brother Matthew Krayer, who tapped the puck home past Maurins’ left pad.

Matthew Krayer added his second goal of the night about seven minutes later during a power play. Jackson Smith set up the Concord, Massachusetts native in the right circle, where he flipped a shot past Maurins to secure his first multi-goal game of the season.

Omaha’s Matty Lynn capped the scoring with 13:57 elapsed in the third. Ryder Reynolds fired a shot from the right point that Lynn redirected near Beumer’s right post, cutting the final deficit to four goals.

Matthew Krayer, Hill, Sokolov, and Dylan Krayer each recorded two points on the night alongside Cody Loida and Smith. Both Hill and Loida registered their first career USHL multi-point performances.

Beumer turned aside 32 of 34 shots to earn his seventh win in nine appearances. Maurins stopped 24 of 27 shots through 55:46 of ice time for Omaha.

Tri-City returns to Vee Arena next week to host Dubuque in a three-game series. The set opens on Thursday at 10:30 am CT, continues Friday at 7:05 pm CT, and concludes Saturday at 6:05 pm CT.

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